Everything You Need to Know About Hermès' New Designer

Fact: If you Google the name "Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski" and set the search results to anytime before July 1st (or today, really), you will be met with a couple of pictures, but virtually no information or biography. And yet those in the know understand that Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski is a brilliant talent, well suited to take the reins at Hermès, to replacing director Christophe Lemaire as artistic director. (After a day or two of rumors, Vanhee-Cybulski's appointment was officially announced this morning.)

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Vanhee-Cybulski's under-the-radar-ness rivals that of the notoriously press shy Phoebe Philo (with whom she has actually worked closely), but the fashion industry is very aware of her talent. Vanhee-Cybulski has spent her career working behind the scenes of huge brands, including Céline and Maison Martin Margiela. Since 2011, she worked as the right hand of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as the women's design director at The Row.

"I am delighted to be joining Hermès, a house I so admire and whose values I share wholeheartedly," she said in a brief statement about her appointment.

Even if Vanhee-Cybulski maintains that quiet, behind-the-scenes persona at Hermès, we expect the designs will speak for themselves. Her first collection will debut in March, and we're anxious to see what awaits.